As former President Trump loses his executive privilege case, allowing the January 6 Select Committee access to his records, the Committee issues 10 new subpoenas for Trump’s inner circle. Chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, joins to give his insight into the importance of pursuing the investigation until answers are found in order to save American democracy.

Next, the NFL issues fines to Aaron Rodgers, The Green Bay Packers & Allen Lazard for violating Covid-19 protocols. NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins to discuss why he is worried about Rodgers hurting not just sports, but society. Finally, radio legend Joe Madison, host of “Joe Madison, Black Eagle” on SiriusXM, announces a hunger strike, demanding action over voting rights. Joe joins to discuss what this means to him, how far he's willing to go, and why.
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Trump Loses Executive Privilege Case

Laura Coates sparks unique conversations and covers the most interesting stories of the day through a news, legal and pop culture lens.

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Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial dove into the paper trail at the heart of their case on Monday, revealing to jurors exactly how Michael Cohen was repaid by Trump’s trust and personal accounts in 2017 after he paid hush money to Stormy Daniels. Judge Merchan began the session by announcing he found Trump in contempt for violating his gag order a 10th time, after fining him last week for nine violations cited by prosecutors. Each violation came with a $1,000 fine, the maximum allowed under New York law.
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Witness Testifies How Cohen Was Reimbursed Via Trump Checks

Donald Trump’s former campaign press secretary and White House communications director Hope Hicks took the stand Friday, sitting feet away from her former boss as she described the fallout from the “Access Hollywood” tape and the Trump White House response to stories about hush money payments. Hicks was visibly nervous, and she mostly avoided eye contact with Trump while answering questions from prosecutors for more than two hours. 
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Laura Describes Moment Hope Hicks Cried on the Stand

Donald Trump’s attorneys on Thursday sought to paint one of the witnesses at the heart of the hush money deal with Stormy Daniels as someone with a long history of extracting money from celebrities while going “up to the line without committing extortion.” Plus, at Tuesday’s pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and The City College of New York, 282 people were arrested, according to the New York Police Department.
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Trump on Day 10: “Very Happy” With The Way Trial Is Going

Police are at UCLA and have declared the pro-Palestinian protest on campus an unlawful assembly, a source told CNN. About 300 protesters were arrested at Columbia University and City College of New York on Tuesday night, and at least a dozen people were arrested at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Wednesday. While the demands among protesters vary at each university, the majority of demonstrations have called for the divestment from companies that support Israel and the war in Gaza.
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Now: Big Police Presence at UCLA; 400+ Arrests Nationwide

Over 100 protesters were arrested at Columbia University and City College of New York — most at Columbia — according to a law enforcement official. Columbia University property, including Hamilton Hall, was cleared two hours after officers entered the campus to remove people protesting Israel's war in Gaza. The university has asked NYPD to maintain its presence on campus until May 17. Columbia has been the epicenter, but protests have been roiling universities across the country, with administrations taking different approaches to the encampments that have sprouted up in support of the Palestinian cause.
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Trump Loses Executive Privilege Case

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